Humans perceive linguistic phonemes categorically, that is, in distinct clusters rather than as continua. The same pattern of categorical perception (CP) has also been documented with a wide variety of other stimuli, ...

Economic disadvantage is linked with harsher environments, which lead to poor cognitive, social, academic, and emotional consequences for children involved. It has been shown that an early period of schooling is of critical ...

Enlightened sexism is a phenomenon in which a progressed society maintains sexist components that contradict the accomplishments of women’s rights movements, as well as the inherent worth of all genders. I explore the ways ...

In this investigation, a survey was administered to 1,797 undergraduate students at Baylor University regarding the relationship between marijuana consumption and dependence, levels of impulsivity, and symptoms of schizotypal ...

Music is often thought of as a nonverbal language, capable of communicating emotional messages. Areas of the brain have been identified that, when damaged, affect only musical skills. At the same time, while the initial ...

Although interracial dating and marriage is increasing in the United States, it has not yet reached normalcy. People’s automatic and controlled responses to interracial couples may differ from their responses to same race ...

The amygdala is critical in generating the emotion of fear. Exposure to stress during prenatal development is associated with changes in fear- and anxiety-like behavior. To examine the influence of prenatal stress on ...